Today was the Van’s Warped Tour in Houston, TX. IT’S FREAKIN HOT. 103 degree’s in the shade. It was almost as hot as Edward Sanchez, who happens to be on a Texas Warped Tour winning streak. He took home the gold for the second day in a row, Yesterday was San Antonio Warped Tour. I can talk about Edward, because he’s the newest member to join the Embassy Team. CONGRATS Edward!! Edward hails from San Antonio, Tx. where he grew up with Embassy team rider Ben Johnson. Edward will be joining Ben, Gary Morris, Priscilla Lee, Ken Fillion & Todd Prince and the rest of the Embassy cast in Oregon, for the 2009 Oregon Trifecta August 5-9th. A big shout out goes to Gary Morris, who made the trip from Oklahoma City, and received 4th overall. All the skating was killer, Huge Embassy Props to everybody that skated, everybody ripped it up (way to represent Texas!!).

This is the 15th year anniversary of the Warped Tour, and it has changed a lot since 1995. I miss the vert half pipe and the tops pro’s showing off their vert skills. The bands back then were solid hard-core punk rock (Unlike 3OH!3, gimme a break!). Not to mention 90% of the venues were indoors in a climate controlled arena (AC). I’ve got to hand it to the kids who showed up stoked to see their favorite bands, spend 8 hours in a parking lot “dust bowl” with no cover or no shade, spend their parents money on $7.00 lemonade’s. It’s the scene that creates a demand, and Van’s Warped Tour has capitalized on the branding out of it. It all goes hand-in-hand. Overall it was a fun time for all, except probably for the 3 goons in black speedo’s. Nuff said, it’s time for some fireworks, real Punk Rock and Bar-B-Q @ Todd Prince’s.

Max Peterson

Embassy Oklahoma Chapter: Gary Morris

Embassy’s newest team Rider, Edward “SICKNESS” Sanchez

Edward Sanchez killing the Mini-ramp

Edward

Gary Morris

Gary Morris

Max Peterson, It’s HOT out here

The Peterson’s

Gary Morris, showing grip tape skills

E.D.D.I.E.

Texas Heat!